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Surgeon general on pandemic: Detroit will worsen next week

As the coronavirus spreads, health officials around the world are urging people to keep a distance from others and avoid gatherings. But that's not easy in some of the most densely populated countries. (March 27)
AP Domestic

LANSING — The U.S. surgeon general said Friday that the situation in Detroit, a national “hot spot” for cases of the new coronavirus, will worsen next week.

Three counties in the Detroit area — Wayne, Oakland and Macomb — account for 84% of the nearly 3,000 people in Michigan confirmed to have COVID-19. At least 60 have died, all but eight from the three-county region.

Detroit, Chicago and New Orleans “will have a worse week next week,” Surgeon General Jerome Adams said on “CBS This Morning."

His comments came a day after Gov. Gretchen Whitmer's administration began implementing a plan in which hospitals outside southeast Michigan are being asked to serve as “relief” hospitals. They will offer 10% of their usual bed capacity to accept patients from hospitals overwhelmed with virus patients.

Journalists photograph the examination tents at the Michigan State Fairgrounds, Friday, March 27, 2020, in Detroit, where the city is preparing for coronavirus drive up testing.(Photo: Carlos Osorio, Associated Press)

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